Journalist Nic Maclellan writes that the new Agreement between Australia and France regarding Defence Cooperation and Status of Forces has come at a time when France is restructuring its armed forces and rationalising its overseas bases around the world. In the Pacific, Maclellan writes that France's renewed focus on New Caledonia as a major regional...

What is a cultural policy? What actions can be taken to nurture and sustain creation in sectors such as visual arts, audiovisual and cinema, books, music or performing arts? This document outlines measures applied in France in support of the various cultural sectors.

Youth is often equated to the dynamics of transitions between various states: from adolescence to adulthood, from school to work, from family protection to personal responsibility. Often labelled as the age group with the highest unemployment rate, young people are seen as having specific needs which involve specific risks. In the late 1990s newly elected...

The last 15 years have brought a dramatic change in public decision making and public policy building. A trend toward decentralisation has meant that more and more sub-national governments now find themselves responsible for providing a host of public goods and services. Rarely, however, can they "go it alone." Co-ordination among levels of government is...

This paper looks at the motivations, institutional frameworks, goals and preliminary results of Victoria’s Transit Cities program – a key element of the Melbourne 2030 strategy – and the FrenchGerman project Bahn.Ville which examined several rail lines in Germany and France regarding their suitability to act as anchors for urban development, and the roles of...